"Force" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 力量 | lì liang | power / force / strength |   |
| 动力 | dòng lì | motive power / force / (fig.) motivation / impetus | |
| 暴力 | bào lì | violence / force / violent | |
| 势力 | shì li | power / influence / a force (military, political etc) | |
| 强迫 | qiǎng pò | to compel / to force | |
| 逼迫 | bī pò | to force / to compel / to coerce | |
| 部队 | bù duì | army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force / to compel | |
| 胁迫 | xié pò | to coerce / to compel / to force | |
| 劲力 | jìn lì | force / strength | |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order / to force | |
| 力 |  lì | power / force / strength / ability / strenuously | |
| 生意 | shēng yì | life force / vitality | |
| 风情 | fēng qíng | mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc | |
| 活力 | huó lì | energy / vitality / vigor / vital force | |
| 主力 | zhǔ lì | main force / main strength of an army | |
| 勉强 | miǎn qiǎng | to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough | |
| 苦笑 | kǔ xiào | to force a smile / a bitter laugh | |
| 劳动力 | láo dòng lì | labor force / manpower | |
| 现行 | xiàn xíng | to be in effect / in force / current | |
| 空军 | kōng jūn | air force | |
| 吸引力 | xī yǐn lì | attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness | |
| 强行 | qiáng xíng | to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2] | |
| 生机 | shēng jī | opportunity to live / to reprieve from death / life force / vitality | |
| 生产力 | shēng chǎn lì | production capability / productive force / productivity | |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | military force | |
| 工作组 | gōng zuò zǔ | work team / working group / task force | |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force | |
| 惯性 | guàn xìng | (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual | |
| 风力 | fēng lì | wind force / wind power | |
| 破门 | pò mén | to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) | |
| 狂飙 | kuáng biāo | hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force | |
| 强弱 | qiáng ruò | strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure | |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service | |
| 神力 | shén lì | occult force / the power of a God or spirit | |
| 硬着头皮 | yìng zhe tóu pí | to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to | |
| 冲击力 | chōng jī lì | force of impact or thrust | |
| 收缴 | shōu jiǎo | to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy | |
| 弹力 | tán lì | elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce | |
| 催生 | cuī shēng | to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence | |
| 扭矩 | niǔ jǔ | torque / turning force | |
| 攻入 | gōng rù | to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport) | |
| 自卫队 | zì wèi duì | self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces | |
| 拉力 | lā lì | pulling force / (fig.) allure / (materials testing) tensile strength / (loanword) rally | |
| 外力 | wài lì | external force / pressure from outside | |
| 劳力 | láo lì | labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force | |
| 三军 | sān jūn | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
| 警力 | jǐng lì | police force / police officers | |
| 霸占 | bà zhàn | to occupy by force / to seize / to dominate | |
| 讨伐 | tǎo fá | to suppress by armed force / to send a punitive expedition against / to crusade against | |
| 挤进 | jǐ jìn | to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into | |
| 扣住 | kòu zhù | to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook | |
| 奋勇 | fèn yǒng | dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will | |
| 流亡 | liú wáng | to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile | |
| 主力军 | zhǔ lì jūn | main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort | |
| 威慑 | wēi shè | to cower by military force / deterrence | |
| 原动力 | yuán dòng lì | motive force / prime mover / first cause / agent | |
| 破坏力 | pò huài lì | destructive force | |
| 动武 | dòng wǔ | to use force / to come to blows | |
| 干笑 | gān xiào | to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1] | |
| 扭力 | niǔ lì | torque / turning force / torsion | |
| 重兵 | zhòng bīng | massive military force | |
| 生力军 | shēng lì jūn | fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force | |
| 磁力 | cí lì | magnetic force / magnetic | |
| 特派 | tè pài | special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission | |
| 强加 | qiáng jiā | to impose / to force upon | |
| 推动力 | tuī dòng lì | driving force | |
| 不可抗力 | bù kě kàng lì | unpredictable eventuality / unpreventable / unavoidable / impossible to overcome / nothing can be done about it / act of God / force majeure | |
| 异军突起 | yì jūn tū qǐ | to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom) | |
| 推力 | tuī lì | driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or aeroplane engine) / repelling force | |
| 吸力 | xī lì | attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics) / attractive force | |
| 猛力 | měng lì | with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam | |
| 湘军 | Xiāng jūn | Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion | |
| 武装力量 | wǔ zhuāng lì liàng | armed force | |
| 动因 | dòng yīn | motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent | |
| 追缴 | zhuī jiǎo | to recover (stolen property) / to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils | |
| 拉夫 | lā fū | to force into service / press-gang | |
| 锦衣卫 | jǐn yī wèi | Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors | |
| 势如破竹 | shì rú pò zhú | like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force | |
| 远征军 | yuǎn zhēng jūn | expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition | |
| 硬碰硬 | yìng pèng yìng | to meet force with force / painstaking | |
| 后援 | hòu yuán | reinforcement / back-up / supporting force | |
| 冲力 | chōng lì | momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) | |
| 保安人员 | bǎo ān rén yuán | security personnel / member of police force | |
| 迫降 | pò xiáng | to force sb to surrender | |
| 迫降 | pò jiàng | to force a plane to land | |
| 向心力 | xiàng xīn lì | centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit | |
| 维和部队 | wéi hé bù duì | peace-keeping force | |
| 推手 | tuī shǒu | promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) | |
| 强占 | qiáng zhàn | to occupy by force | |
| 工作队 | gōng zuò duì | a working group / a task force | |
| 作用力 | zuò yòng lì | effort / active force / applied force | |
| 强颜欢笑 | qiǎng yán huān xiào | to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile | |
| 赶跑 | gǎn pǎo | to drive away / to force out / to repel | |
| 力场 | lì chǎng | force field (physics) | |
| 空军一号 | Kōng jūn Yī hào | Air Force One, US presidential jet | |
| 挤入 | jǐ rù | to squeeze in / to force oneself into / to cram into / to intrude | |
| 强弩之末 | qiáng nǔ zhī mò | lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force | |
| 强人所难 | qiǎng rén suǒ nán | to force someone to do something | |
| 强令 | qiáng lìng | to order by force / peremptory | |
